Popular, popular, popular!

It took us almost 5 months to get 300 views of our adoption profile at LDS Family Services.   That's the number of people who looked at our profile--we have no idea whether they are birth moms or just people interested in adoption in general.  The number doesn't have any actual significance, but we were very excited when we finally reached 300.  However, in the past two weeks, we were surprised and delighted to suddenly see a HUGE surge in our profile views.  We have had 100 more profile views in just the past two weeks!  If you haven't seen our profile yet, it can be found at www.itsaboutlove.org.

Why the sudden upswing in our stats?  Well, we hope it's at least partly due to advertising our desire to adopt.  We are easy to find with google searches now, and we even pay for sponsored links to our blog and profile.  Several of our friends have a link from their blogs to ours as well (thank you!).  Another big contributor is our adoption pass along cards.

We started with 1000 adoption pass along cards in the first week of September.  I'm not sure how many we have left, but we have posted and passed along hundreds.  We post them at grocery stores, gyms, gas stations, laundromats, etc.  We give them to anyone and everyone who asks us how many kids we have or how our family is doing.  Many of our relatives and friends have our adoption cards and carry them in purses and wallets "just in case."  That's because someone we know may know  "our birthmom."  Our cards are also found in card holders at hair salons, car mechanics, and doctor offices.  I'm not sure all the states our pass along cards have traveled to, but to start a list, I know they are in Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, Idaho, and Arizona.  The lady at the post office knows us by name now.  To all of you with our cards, thank you so much for giving them away and posting them where potential birth moms might see them.  If any of you reading this would like to join us in passing along our adoption cards, just leave a comment or send me an email, and I will send you some, too.  And to any potential birth moms out there, just know that we are doing all of this because we are serious about "searching for a princess" to join our family!